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Bacchus, detail, lower right corner, fruit basket, bow, hands, wine glass.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Details; Fruit; Food; Grapes; Apples; Seeds; Deterioration; Leaves; Plants; Plant parts; Containers; Ribbons; Hands; Fingers; Glassware; Drinking vessels; Light; Shadows; Symbols; Myths; Supernatural beings; Gods
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Bacchus, detail, bottom center, bow, hand, fruit basket, left half.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Details; Fruit; Food; Grapes; Apples; Deterioration; Leaves; Plants; Plant parts; Containers; Ribbons; Hands; Light; Shadows; Symbols; Myths; Supernatural beings; Gods
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Bacchus, detail, lower right corner, hand, wine glass, fruit basket, right half.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Details; Fruit; Food; Grapes; Seeds; Deterioration; Leaves; Plants; Plant parts; Hands; Fingers; Glassware; Drinking vessels; Light; Shadows; Symbols; Myths; Supernatural beings; Gods
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, east pediment, Helios, his horses, and Dionysos [Dionysus] (Herakles?).
Architecture; Temples; Greek temples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Architectural elements; Pediments; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Men; Gods; People associated with religion; Myths; Legends;...
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Villa of Good Fortune, Olynthus [Olynthos], Greece, interior view, andron and anteroom, symposion [symposium] scene, reconstruction.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Housing; Reconstructions; Conjectural works; Drawings; Architectural drawings; Illustrations; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Doors & doorways;...
“The andron is roughly 5 by 5.8 metres [meters] (16 1/2 by 19 feet). The raised platform round the edge of the room is 82 centimetres [centimeters] wide, and was painted bright yellow. The platform has space for a maximum of nine couches. There...
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House of Poseidon, Zeugma [Turkey], mosaic pavement, Triumph of Dionysus [Dionysos].
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Mosaics; Mosaic pavements; Floors; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Inscriptions; Fictitious characters; Supernatural beings; Gods; Goddesses; People associated with religion; Men;...
This mosaic "decorated the vertical bar of the T-form figured composition of the dining room floor to which the mosaic of Pasiphae and Daedalus belonged. The thick swastika-meander band in perspective at the top was the partition between the...
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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, [Salon of the Mysteries] Room 5 (oecus), fresco detail, young Dionysus [Dionysos] and two priestesses.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Reception rooms; Salons (Social spaces); Dining rooms; Architectural elements; Doors & doorways; Walls; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Optical...
“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
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Bronze greave, detail.
Sculpture; Metalwork; Armor; Gladiators; Clothing & dress; Symbols; Gods; People associated with religion; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Hairstyles; Myths; Legends; Supernatural beings; Fictitious characters; Details
From the Gladiator Barracks with a Dionysian head, thyrsi, and other symbols associated with Dionysus.
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Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy, interior view, Bedroom B, rear wall, with inset of nymphs and infant Dionysus.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Bedrooms; Walls; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Optical illusions; Paintings; Murals; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Architectural...
"Painted wall with inset showing nymphs with the infant Dionysus / rear wall of Cubiculum 2 of the villa under the Farnesina" (caption)
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Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy, interior view, Bedroom B, left wall of antechamber and rear wall of sleeping alcove.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Bedrooms; Alcoves; Walls; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Optical illusions; Perspective; Paintings; Murals; Architectural elements; Structural elements;...
"The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his marriage to Julia, daughter of the emperor Augustus, displayed one of the most refined examples of Roman domestic decoration. It is dated to the...
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Attic red-figure kylix, exterior view, ritual in honor of Dionysos [Dionysus].
Sculpture; Pottery; Drinking vessels; Containers; Vases; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Cults; Religious groups; Monastic & religious life; Rites & ceremonies; Sacrifices; Celebrations; Dance; Music; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Gestures;...
From Vulci, [Italy].
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